单词 | desperate |
释义 | desperate adj.   1. reckless from despair; violent and lawless.   2. a extremely dangerous or serious (a desperate situation). b staking all on a small chance (a desperate remedy).   3. very bad (a desperate night; desperate poverty).   4. (usu. foll. by for) needing or desiring very much (desperate for recognition). Derivatives desperately adv. desperateness n. desperation n. Etymology: ME f. L desperatus past part. of desperare (as DE-, sperare hope) |
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